After phone ban, New Hampshire task force to explore screen time in schools

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 1,002

Last Updated: 9 hours, 43 minutes ago


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Kim Bleier understands why screens became “a huge piece of the educational narrative” in the darkest depths of the COVID-19 remote learning era. They were essential to education itself.

But Bleier, a Concord High School social studies teacher, wishes students had left some of that technology behind when they returned to the classroom.

Instead, the pandemic seems to have only exacerbated screen addiction, creating a string of battles in classrooms and hallways.

“They …

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